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A review on phase change energy storage: materials and applications
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In this paper, a review of the phase change materials (PCM) and their application in energy storage is presented, where the main advantages of encapsulation are providing large heat transfer area, reduction of the PCMs reactivity towards the outside environment and controlling the changes in volume of the storage materials as phase change occurs.About:
This article is published in Energy Conversion and Management.The article was published on 2004-06-01. It has received 2636 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Thermal energy storage & Energy storage.read more
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Solar Energy Storage in Phase Change Materials: First-Principles Thermodynamic Modeling of Magnesium Chloride Hydrates.
Philippe F. Weck,Eunja Kim +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the structural, electronic, and thermodynamic properties of magnesium dichloride hexahydrate, MgCl2·6H2O, and its dehydrated phases were computed within the framework of density functional theory, and phonon analysis using density functional perturbation theory was performed at equilibrium volume to derive isochoric thermal properties.
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Total enthalpy-based lattice Boltzmann simulations of melting in paraffin/metal foam composite phase change materials
Maximilian Gaedtke,S. Abishek,Ryan Mead-Hunter,Andrew King,Benjamin J. Mullins,Hermann Nirschl,Mathias J. Krause +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, a lattice Boltzmann method (LBM) based on the two relaxation time (TRT) collision scheme for the simulation of melting and conjugate heat transfer is proposed, validated and applied to melting in three-dimensional (3D) structures of composite PCM-metal foam latent heat storages.
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Thermal performance of a concrete column as a sensible thermal energy storage medium and a heater
Evrim Özrahat,Sebahattin Ünalan +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a square sectioned concrete column was constructed with its real dimensions in order to investigate the thermal performance of the concrete column which is proposed to be used as a heater and thermal energy storage medium in the building structure.
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Study on the coupling heating system of floor radiation and sunspace based on energy storage technology
Shilei Lu,Haojie Tong,Bo Pang +2 more
TL;DR: In this article, the thermal characteristics and the energy consumption of the building are studied through analyzing the data from the experimental investigation including the temperature and the heat flux, and the main test conditions are divided into passive and active control stages by comparing the air temperatures, envelope temperatures, phase transition temperatures, heat fluxes and power consumptions between the two rooms.
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Tunable endothermic plateau for enhancing thermal energy storage obtained using binary metal alloy particles
TL;DR: In this article, an alloy particle-doped salt was applied to a Stirling engine to demonstrate its effectiveness in enhancing the energy and power outputs of the engine, which can enhance the engine's energy output by 21%.
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Review on thermal energy storage with phase change: materials, heat transfer analysis and applications
TL;DR: In this paper, a review of the history of thermal energy storage with solid-liquid phase change has been carried out and three aspects have been the focus of this review: materials, heat transfer and applications.
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Low temperature latent heat thermal energy storage: Heat storage materials
TL;DR: In this article, the melting and freezing behavior of various heat-of-fusion storage materials is investigated using the techniques of Thermal Analysis and Differential Scanning Calorimetry.
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Thermal Energy Storage: Systems and Applications
Ibrahim Dincer,Marc A. Rosen +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present an overview of thermal energy storage systems and their application in the context of thermal engineering, including thermal transfer with phase change in simple and complex geometries.
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Review on sustainable thermal energy storage technologies, Part I: heat storage materials and techniques
TL;DR: In this article, the development of available thermal energy storage (TES) technologies and their individual pros and cons for space and water heating applications are reviewed and compared for low temperature applications, where water is used as a storage medium.